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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1908
Page
3
The document details 5831 gold workers and 27362 silver workers, praised morale and chief engineer Goethals. It calls for wage simplification, improved living conditions, and better injury pensions, with a labor secretary to handle complaints and expanded benefits for workers and dependents.
Timothy L. Woodruff, state Republican chairman, stays at Adirondacks camp delaying a public stance on renominating Governor Hughes. He plans talks with upstate leaders, Syracuse trips, and possible meetings with Sherman, Hendricks, Barnes, and other figures before a formal decision at the state committee's next meeting.
Postmaster General Meyer warned of great danger in the coming campaign due to apathy and overconfidence. He argued East Republicans misread the race, Bryan policies, and proposed national bank deposits would threaten sound banking. he praised postal savings banks and framed Roosevelt Taft harmony against Bryan. Governor Magoon of Cuba arrived in Hot Springs to discuss transfer plans and praised Cuban elections, sanitary improvements, and roads before continuing to Oyster Bay. Taft’s mail flood included charity appeals and odd requests from supporters and critics alike.
Chicago reports indicate Democratic campaign managers shift strategy to Bryan and volunteer clubs in every precinct. Thomas H. Tibbles appeals to Populists to back Bryan. P C Burns to head new manufacturers bureau. Mayor Tom L Johnson pledges support. James Kerr discusses Pennsylvania efforts.
A Republican campaign event for black voters will start Friday night at St Cyprian’s Hall 177 West 634 Street. Charles W Anderson will preside. Rodolphe J Van Veehten Olcott’s renomination support will be passed with J W Vernon keynote expected. Speakers include Judge Robert T Terrell Gilchrist Stewart George W Baptist P B S Pinchback R C Simmons and Rev Mr McMullen.
The Republican Territorial Convention met in Phenix yesterday and named Ralph H. Cameron of Cocaine as the party candidate for Delegate to Congress.
The Nevada Republican State Convention nominated P. L. Flanagan for United States Senator H. B. Maxson for Congress Hugh K. Brown for Associate Judge Supreme Court Con Ahern for Surveyor General and presidential electors H. A. Collins J. G. Thompson and H. M. Lillis The platform endorses President Roosevelt and Senator Nixon’s Congress work.
Frank H. Hitchcock chairing talks with leaders from Vermont Maine Connecticut Rhode Island New Hampshire and Massachusetts in Boston to coordinate campaign strategy and fundraising ahead of Vermont and Maine elections with plans for unison between local committees and the national committee. The visit likely the sole regional stop as campaign intensifies.
Frank S. Hitchcock chairman of the Republican National Committee visits Senator W. Murray Crane in Dalton and through Lenox and Pittsfield he meets Major Charles B. Brooker Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte and Wade Ells. They plan an early Boston luncheon with New England Republican leaders before Hitchcock proceeds to Portland for Maine talks.
Theodore L. Weed resigns as private secretary to Secretary Straus of the Department of Commerce and Labor to become Hitchcock’s secretary and head of his correspondence. Weed will remain through the campaign, then likely return to Straus. He previously served since Roosevelt’s cabinet era and helped at Taft campaign HQ.
Thomas L. Hisgen of Massachusetts and John Temple Graves of New York will be informed of their nomination for President and Vice President at the National Independence Club in New York City. The club opening is hosted by William Randolph Hearst at 17 Gramercy Park with Graves as president. Hisgen travels from Vermont on a special train. Charles A. Walsh of Iowa chairs the notification committee.
The Rev J D Brush told a Jersey City church crowd his 14 year old daughter had been missing since Wednesday. He reported she was found at friends' home in Jersey City Heights, the result of a family concern over strict parental rules and the wife and son fearing abduction.
Louis Strauss aged old man died yesterday in a small furnished room at 155 Newell street Williamsburg after a long period of starvation. Neighbors stated he had once been a prosperous butcher and forgave many debts to those in hardship. A German letter dated August 14 found at Brooklyn Morgue revealed a son Isidor Straus address 2745 Broadway Riverside 197 and a card with the same name. Mr Straus later explained he was contacted years earlier by a man claiming to be his son and had investigated possible blackmail.
A special grand jury will convene in Brooklyn to review racing issues ahead of the Coney Island Jockey Club return to Sheepshead Bay on Saturday. Assistant District Attorney Elder plans to present anti gambling law violation facts and press indictments of bookmakers. He will also present Shellard shooting Rieg and Bank investigations led by McCaffery and Banking Superintendent Williams.
For the first time a shipload of Mormons arriving at the local immigration station was detained on polygamous beliefs. The 108 recent English converts bound for Mormon settlements in Colorado and Utah were examined by Washington directives. Part was released but 54 young girls were kept for possible deportation unless further orders arrive.
Mrs Carrie Lichtenstein charges against her husband Charles Liechtenstein were dismissed by Magistrate Droege after her assertion that one husband statement was false. She claimed he broke in via a fire escape to a boarder’s room while he contended she was found on the escape. She said the boarder Christian Freeman’s window was not connected to a fire escape and that her husband seeks evidence for divorce.
The article reports Fitzgerald in the Sub-Treasury in Chicago allegedly linked to prior thefts and other deals. It notes he confessed to a $173,000 shortage and claims money moved to settle speculative debts. Investigators traced three earlier losses and examined staff access to the cage.
Tim Donohue, a 39 year veteran, confronts a haunted trunk on the Anchor Line pier as Mrs. Mabel Sinclair fumbles her keys. A voice from inside calls for release before the lid flies open revealing a ventriloquist dummy, not a child, shocking Donohue and exposing the trick. The scene ends with Donohue blaming deputy surveyor William Conrow for the setup.
The Treasury tug John J Timmins with Surveyor Clarkson and Deputy Coneys onboard searched small fishing and pleasure boats off Sea Gate Sheepshead Bay and the Fishing Banks but overhauled only thirty. The Timmins boarded about 300 power boats all previously boarded by Coneys. Nineteen launches urged boarding to check compliance. Clarkson praised owners for improving equipment though fines were not the sole motivator. Since June 23 the Timmins overhauled boats and recorded 353 violations among them.
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